Operations & Maintenance
Siemens Hires SMC for Marine Coordination at Borkum Riffgrund 1
Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has again been picked to provide offshore Marine Supervision for Siemens on the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Project. SMC’s marine supervisors will be responsible for the daily coordination of vessels for crew transfers and the transportation of supplies. They will be u
Repsol Gets Nod for Varg Decommissioning
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Repsol a consent for the removal of Petrojarl Varg and subsea structures on the Varg field. Varg is an oil field in the North Sea, around 220 kilometres south-west of Utsira in Rogaland county. The field was developed using the Varg A wellhead
Expro Wraps Up Gulf of Mexico P&A Gig for Apache
UK oilfield services player, Expro, has completed a plug and abandonment (P&A) project in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) for Apache. The Apache work comprised the pre-abandonment and plugging of wells in the ultra deepwater Atwater Valley and Mississippi Canyon areas. Starting in March 2016, Expro utilise
Proserv Strikes Apache North Sea Deal
Proserv has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Apache Corporation for work on the UK Continental Shelf. Proserv will supply a subsea control system and associated topside and subsea interface equipment for use on the new Callater wells located south of the Beryl Alpha platform. The la
More Red Ink for PGS
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), has seen its quarterly loss widen as revenues declined some 19 per cent during the first quarter of 2016. The Oslo-listed seismic player, posted net loss of $57 million or 24 cents per share for the first quarter of 2016, compared with $19.5 million loss or 9 cents per
Saipem Claims Installation Records Off Brazil
Saipem said it recently established new milestones with the installation of two gas export free standing hybrid risers (FSHR), 20-inch and 19-inch respectively, located in the pre-salt area of Santos Basin. The operation took place at approximately 300 kilometres from the Brazilian shoreline. Report
Damen and GustoMSC Set Up Jack-Up One Stop Shop
The Damen Shipyards Group and GustoMSC have started collaborating in order to produce a range of self-propelled and non-self-propelled jack-up platforms for the offshore industries – the DG JACK range. The collaboration, announced at this year’s OTC in Houston, will be based on GustoMSC’s track reco
Aker Solutions’ Men Lost in Helicopter Crash Off Norway
Aker Solutions has confirmed that three employees and a contractor working for the company were on board the helicopter that crashed today off the coast of Bergen in Norway. The helicopter was on route to Bergen from the Statoil-operated Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea. The cause of the crash,
Akastor Plunges Deeper into Red
Oilfield services investment company, Akastor, has booked a first-quarter 2016 loss on sharp decline in revenues caused by the weak market. The Oslo-listed company recorded loss of NOK 366 million ($45.4 million) for the first quarter 2016 compared to loss off NOK 251 million ($31.1 million) in the
Decom North Sea Presents New Chief Executive
Decom North Sea (DNS), the representative body for the offshore decommissioning industry, has appointed Roger Esson as its new chief executive. Esson brings over 20 years of experience, having previously held positions at Stork Technical Services and Amec Foster Wheeler’s decommissioning division. H
Top News of the Week Apr 25 – May 1, 2016
Siemens, SPR Sign Europe’s Largest Wind Turbine Contract ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has concluded a major East Anglia ONE deal with Siemens, worth up to one-third of the overall £ 2.5 billion (€ 3.2 billion) project investment. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply 102 wind turbines and servi
Norfolk Marine’s TFN System Keeps Scroby Sands Turbines Grounded
Seabed levels around the five turbines fitted with Tyre Filled Net (TFN) scour remediation system units at the 60MW Scroby Sands offshore wind farm have risen, Norfolk Marine Ltd, the developer of the system, reports. Monitoring has shown that pile stability has increased as the scour pits have fill
Leask Marine gearing up for SME job
Leask Marine, an Orkney based marine renewables service provider, has been working with Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) to prepare the deployment site for SME’s PLAT-O tidal platform.
Shell Gets Consent to Use Subsea Wells on Draugen
Norske Shell has received consent to use two subsea wells on Draugen field. Shell is the operator of Draugen oil field, located at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, around 150 kilometers north of Kristiansund. Production from the field began in 1993. In 2013, Shell initiated a programme to drill fo